From whroberts@iquest.net Fri May 19 08:41:51 2006
Subject:Re: New Hammond products at NAMM

Well HS says that Hammonds are manufactured in Addison, Illinois, so I guess
they must be lying.

And as far as an indictment about Hammond: So what? If Hammond Suzuki were to
start manufacturing tonewheel Hammonds (which would have an astronomical
price), there would be the purists who would insist they didn't sound like
a "REAL" Hammond. And I bet those same people would fail a double blind test
with a new digital B-3 and an original B-3 going through the same Leslie.

Bill

Quoting tonysounds :

>
> No, it's an indictment that Hammond isn't Hammond any more, it's Hammond
> Suzuki (as if your Buick is your daddy's Buick).  For some reason some of us
> keep holding on to this concept that things are the way they were, when in
> fact, NOTHING is made where we thought it used to be, or manufactured by who
> we thought it was and.....
>
>   whatever.
>
>   
>
>   To that end, the factory in Illinois doesn't actually manufacture anything,
> it's just a glorified shipping hub. 
>